judgy

[juhj-ee]

adjective

Informal.

1. tending to judge or criticize too quickly and harshly; judgmental.

   I used to be very judgy about other people's children, but that vanished when I had my own adorable monsters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of judgy¹

First recorded in 2005–10; judge ( def. ) + -y ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

When she died of the plague a few years later, they felt vindicated; one particularly judgy saint ascribed it to her use of a “certain golden instrument.”

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Being judgy as hell was part of what made the girls so fun to hang out with.

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Would she also be deeply judgy about trans kids?

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But I think it was bizarre that the man who thinks we should be less judgy about the internal affairs of oppressive regimes chose to sound like a Wilsonian scold to our democratic allies.

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She turns around with a judgy glare.

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